BILL NUMBER: SCR 2	CHAPTERED  09/21/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   124
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JANUARY 19, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Murray

                        DECEMBER 7, 1998

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2--Relative to National Eye Care
Month.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 2, Murray.  National Eye Care Month.
   This measure would declare the month of January 1999 National Eye
Care Month.




   WHEREAS, The gift of eyesight is recognized as the most valuable
of the senses; and
   WHEREAS, Eye disease can occur at any age; and
   WHEREAS, Many eye diseases do not cause symptoms until the disease
has done damage; and
   WHEREAS, Many eye problems can be prevented or corrected if
properly diagnosed and treated in their early stages; and
   WHEREAS, Eye injuries are a major cause of monocular blindness and
visual impairment in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Ninety percent of all eye injuries can be prevented; and
   WHEREAS, Most blindness is preventable if diagnosed and treated
early by an ophthalmologist; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the month of January 1999 is hereby declared
National Eye Care Month.
